A cross country Skiier intensely pulling on ground during competition Two skiers in a race racing  on a course while onlookers watch. A skier in a race with another skier ahead of him. A swept snowy area shows a row of spectators looking at a track with two jostling skiers, one visible only by a leg, the other spread-legged and smiling, both positioned so closely one after the other that their skis seem to almost overlap, A man skies as a crowd looks on.